Romance Quote by Diana Gabaldon — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“That dog is a wolf, is he not?'”

“No. Ye loved him. I canna hold it against either of you that ye mourn him. And it gives me some comfort to know ..." He hesitated, and I reached up to smooth the rumpled hair off his face.”

“I had kissed my share of men, particularly during the war years, when flirtation and instant romance were the light-minded companions of death and uncertainty. Jamie, thought, was something different. His extreme gentleness was in no way tentative; rather it was a promise of power known and held in leash; a challenge and a provocation the more remarkable for its lack of demand. I am yours, it said. And if you will have me, then...”

“It would ha' been a good deal easier, if ye'd only been a witch.”

“It wasn't a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy in which a man's body is accessible to you as your own, the strange shapes and textures of it like a sudden extension of your own limbs.”

“I start to cross the street, stop, turn back. "You are not what I thought.”

“In his arms I’ve finally found the place I’ve been looking for, where fear can’t touch me, where memories can’t reach, where the past is forgotten and the present is enough. Where the present is, in fact, all that matters.”

“The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life.”

“Men get themselves in trouble over the three Bs.  Booze, broads and bucks.  Your competition isn’t booze or broads. Your husband’s lover is bucks.  Your husband has a gambling addiction.”

“Psychological and emotional wellness is an ongoing process for everyone.”

“His smiling face revealed a love too strong to be kept inside, but the feelings obviously rising inside him kept him from looking directly at Kikunojou. He gazed instead at Kikunojou's clear reflection on the water.”